Bill Text

To limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of government
contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Excessive Taxpayer Payments to
Government Contractors Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ALLOWABLE COMPENSATION COSTS.

(a) Limitation.--
(1) Civilian contracts.--Section 4304(a)(16) of title 41,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(16) Costs of compensation of contractor and
subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the
contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation
exceeds the rate payable for level I of the Executive Schedule
under section 5312 of title 5.''.
(2) Defense contracts.--Section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(P) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor
employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding
source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds the rate
payable for level I of the Executive Schedule under section
5312 of title 5.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) In general.--Section 1127 of title 41, United States
Code, is hereby repealed.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 11 of title 41, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 1127.
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